According to the lawsuit filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and The Rutherford Institute, Police Chief Al Thomas told Unite the Right rally organizer Jason Kessler on Monday that police would provide protection at the rally.

But at a private meeting Tuesday, after the city held a news conference Monday announcing that it would provide Kessler a permit only if he moved the event about a mile away to McIntire Park, city officials told him that Thomas had “changed his mind,” the lawsuit claims.

At the Tuesday meeting, according to the lawsuit, Kessler asked why changes had been made to security … “and if this was due to political pressure. Capt. [Wendy] Lewis indicated affirmatively with her facial expression and body language.”

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